(John I. 29). Ohrist clolivere from sin ae well ae from it& reBUlt--destb. Hie power to enve springs from his ntoning sacrifice; but he saves now 88 a living, present Redeemer. He ie the ho.ad of God put forth to deliver the helpless and ruined. 2. In regeneration, We need to be born o.gnin (John iii. 8). So great e. cha.age ce.nnot be brought a.bout by ourselves; ChriHt o.lono can effect it, He has not come so much to bestow on us gifts ns to oho.age our whole life, eo that we me.y become new creatures in Obrist JeBUe (2 Cor. v. 17).-W. F. A. Vere. 16-24.-Behemoth the grf,(J,t. Two monster e.nime.le, the hippopote.m11s and the crocodile, a.re set before us in typical che.re.cteristics, to idealize the great works of God in the e.nime.l kingdom, I. GoD IB THE CREATOR OF TnE ANIMAi, WORLD. "God made the beast of the earth e.fter bis kind" (Gen. i. 25). We have not left the presence of God when we have come to study ne.tural history. Here we may see indications of Divine thought. Even the coarsest wild e.nime.ls a.re under the care of God. 1. Therefore let no one hurt them needlessly. 2. If (fod provides for behemoth, will he not much more provide for man? II. MAGNITUDE AND STRENGTH HAVE A PLACE IN THE DIVINE ECONOMY. Behemoth is famous first for his size, e.nd secondly for his physical strength. Now, these two que.lities are e.mong the lowest of good things. Still, they a.re good. God is glorified even by the physical greatness of his works. 'l'he chief glory of the stars is in their me.gnitude e.nd in the ve.stness of the space which they occupy. A mere mass of flesh is the lowest excellence. Yet even this me.y be good if it is not abused. How much more may higher gifts? lll. EXOELLENOE IN LOWER QUALITIES IB NO GUARANTEE FOR EXCELLENCE~ ffiGHER QUALITIES. Behemoth is big e.nd strong. But he is stupid and brutal. When he opens bis ce.vemoua je.ws e.nd his dull eyes appear over them, set in a mountain of black, shapeless flesh, he ia positively hideous. The gravity of his nn~onscioUB attitudes of supreme ugliness has e.lmost e. touch of humour in it. We begin to wonder how the Divine Artist who shaped the graceful gazelle and gave the perfection of motion to the swe.llow could he.ve fashioned the ugly e.nd clumsy hippopotamus. Perhaps one object was to show what a poor thing bulk of body is in comparison with brains, with thought and soul. The young me.n who is more proud of his biceps than of anything else belonging to him may see his ideal humilie.ted in behemoth. For no man can attain to the strength of a hippopotamus. IV. THERE 1s A HARMONY IN ALL GoD's WORKS. Behemoth is suited to his home e.mong the coarse gre.sses of the Nile. There his voracious appetite can find ample sustenance. God provides for all his creatures, and he suits aJl his creatures for the spheres in which he he.s ea.lied them to live. Behemoth is naturally of e. low and stupid ne.ture, and he has e.11 that his nature requires. Man is of e. higher ne.ture. He must not be content to dream his existence a.way in the sleepy land where soul-life is stifled. The true" lotus-ee.ters" a.re not refined Sybarites, but hippopotami. v. GoD, WHO WORKS IN THE GREAT, WORKS ALSO IN THE LITTLE. He maJ.e the monsters of the deep, He a.leg me.de the microscopic cell. From behemoth to the amcebe. e.ll the living creatures of nature a.re" fearfully and wonderfully made.'' When we think of God behind the tiny cell, quickening its mysterious life, " The eme.11 beoomee dreadful e.nd immense." VI. BULK AND POWER ABE NOT THE MOST TERRIBLE THINGS. Behemoth is a vegeta- rie.n, He is not cruel, like his much smaller fellow-creature, the lion. The little asp the.t he tramples benee.th his feet is fe.r more deadly. Big troubles may not be 110 hurtful as troubles the.t we can scarcely see till they have bitten us.-W. F. A.
EXPOSITION. orooodile-ia now giTen, and with an elabo- OBAPTER XLI. re.tion to which there is no pe.mllel in the Vere. 1-84.-The crowning desoription rest of Soriptnre. It forme., however, 11 fii of II ne.tural marvel-the " leviathe.n," or clime.x to the gre.uu11lly more 11,nd moie 8M '.[IHE BOOK. OF JOB. [ OH, XLI, 1--84,.: